Do you stop and look around you?
The jeans are hanging on the door. The socks are lying on the floor. That book you haven’t finished reading. The half filled coffee cup.
These are all elements of your environment. They are motion obstacles, familiar callings for attention. They are all where you placed them or moved them or dropped them to pick up later.
What if there is no later?
What if you were suddenly beamed into outer space or dropped through a hole in the earth or become one of those people who can’t remember what headphones are for and have to be removed by others?
When those who are the chosen ones come back everything will be in the same old place. Just as it was when you left, they sit like your toys you didn’t put away. Each piece has a story.
If a close family member or friend picks up an item they might understand the meaning of why it is hear and what it meant to you. If not, everything might be shuffled into a box for a yard sale or shipped to Goodwill to become someone else’s treasure.
Why is that lamp broken? Why is there a towel on the chair? Why are there no covers on the mattress? Why are all the radios tuned to the same station? Why are all the rugs rolled up? Where is the television?
Stop and take a look around before you go. There is a story there.
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